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1.25.2024 -

New Study Tracks Significant Growth in Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for Charter Schools

LISC’s charter school finance team analyzed the full range of charter school bond issuance from 2015-2022, building on three prior reports that catalogued the history of the sector. “With public charter schools now educating more than 3.7 million students nationwide, and against the backdrop of unprecedented learning loss stemming from the pandemic, preserving dollars to invest in core academic programs is of heightened importance,” the report states.

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11.28.2023 -

The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC Award $1.275 Million to Upgrade Under-Resourced Community Sporting Spaces in 14 Cities and Towns

Every community deserves safe, quality sports facilities where youth and their families can play and socialize. Thanks to the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative, a partnership of LISC and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation, under-resourced neighborhoods in 14 cities and towns now have funding to improve their local youth sports facilities.

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For Our Children and Our Communities, A Black Mother's Call To Action

In the wake of the horrific shooting of Ralph Yarl, LISC's Holly Long asks readers of an opinion piece for The Kansas City Star to challenge the systemic issues that perpetuate violence that Black children and adults face every day. As a Black mother parenting children in the same city where the 16-year-old was shot, she poses the question: “When will a child’s innocent mistake no longer turn into a matter of life and death?”

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3.30.2023 -

TransLatin@ Coalition Expands its Mission to Transform Youth Empowerment Center with $4.4 Million Loan

With a $4.4 million LISC acquisition loan, The TransLatin@ Coalition closed on a larger space in Los Angeles to create a site for the future permanent location to expand services and create opportunities for the community to gather. Once complete, TLC’s Empowerment Center will offer holistic social supportive services specifically designed for Transitional Age Youth (TAY) who identify as Trans, Gender Nonconforming and Intersex. The project will home private spaces for behavioral health counseling and treatment, legal services, employment counseling, life-skills coaching, and systems navigation.

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3.22.2023 -

DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation Grants LISC $1.5 Million to Renovate Sports Space for Youth

LISC teams up with The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation to launch the Game On-Communitiy Places to Play Initiative. Community-based organizations seeking funding to upgrade indoor and outdoor athletic spaces for youth in under-resourced communities can apply for a grant by June 23.

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11.21.2022 -

LISC Teams Up with HBCUs on Talent Development Program for Students

A new LISC internship program is helping close opportunity gaps for HBCU students while introducing them to important aspects of the community development field. “This program is part of our work to address systemic racial barriers that keep young people from gaining the experience and connections they need to compete for good jobs,” said LISC President Denise Scott.